“There was a certain university that I didn’t want to go to, specifically because they were very into world percussion,” she said. “I didn’t think I was interested in studying that.”
She went on to attend the University of the Cumberlands, which didn’t have a steel drum program, and then transferred to Campbellsville.
But Campbellsville is where Chad Floyd taught, someone who is extremely passionate about — you guessed it — steel drums.
“I remember being annoyed, because I had percussion ensemble, all the other ensembles, and had to go to steel drums every Wednesday from 6pm-9pm,” she said.
She was put on a lead pan, and it was much harder than she expected.
“You have to use a different technique, which is difficult,” she said. “It was the most horrible semester of my life.”
But it grew on her.
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